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- John Glenn was born on July 18, 1921 and at a young age he developed an early interest in science, a fascination with flying, and a sense of patriotism that defined his adult life.
- He was a fighter pilot in the South Pacific during World War II.
- In 1957 John Glenn set a record flying from Los angeles to New York in 3 hours and 23 minutes.
- On February 20, 1962 he rode into space on the friendship 7 space craft and went around the globe three times becoming the first American to orbit the Earth.
- October 29, 1998, he became the oldest human ever to venture into space on the space shuttle Discovery.